New plan

After being on a weight loss roller coaster for the past few weeks, I finally took some time to refocus my goals and plans. I have come up with a new reward system that will hopefully keep me motivated on my weight loss journey. I weighed in this past week back at 208. Which means vacation was not as nice to me as I thought. While I was on vacation though I got a massage, and that got me thinking that I should reward myself with another one when I lose 20 lbs. I thought it was a great idea, until I did some more reading. The reading mentioned that you should reward consistency and not just results. That made so much more since to me. If I could learn to be consistent with my nutrition and exercise, I would see the results I wanted. So I developed my new plan. I still need to go by stickers for this but I have everything else that I need to get started. Today however I didn't do so well. I haven't add all my calories together, but I think I am a little over. I also haven't done any exercise today or gotten my water. I am 1/2 a serving away from my fruits and veggies goal. Better luck tomorrow!!

RULES:

I get one sticker/checkmark for each goal I reach for the day.

If I do not track my calorie intake, I cannot earn that sticker.

I get one sticker for each pound I lose.

If I gain the weight back on though I will cross a sticker off for each pound I gain back.

I also must fill in the calendar the day of or the day after to receive the sticker. If it is more than 2 days after the date, I cannot receive the stickers for those accomplishments.

I will write the goals I am currently working on, on the calendar.

Area	goal	Date Started
Cardio	Burn at least 300 calories a day
	350 calories a day
	400 calories a day
	450 calories a day
	500 calories a day
Eating	Within calorie range
Fruits and Veggies	3 servings a day
	4 servings a day
	5 servings a day
Strength Training	2x 15 modified/wall push-ups, 2x 15 lunges, 2x 15 bicycle crunches
	2x 15 modified/wall pushups, 2x 15 walking lunges, 2x 15 bicycle crunches
Water	6 - 8oz glasses
	7 - 8oz glasses
	8 – 8oz glasses

LIMITS:

Eat out no more than 2x a week (8x per month)

Drink no more than one diet soda a week (4 times per month)

Drink no more than one alcoholic drink a week (4 times per month)

REWARDS:

For each day that I earn all of my stickers, I get one new song from iTunes.

For each 25 stickers, I get a new charm for my charm bracelet.

For every other set of 50 stickers, I get one of my small rewards.

For each 100 stickers, I get one of my medium rewards.

For each month I stay under my limits, I get 5 stickers and a large reward.

For 500 stickers, I get a new iPod or new piece of fitness equipment.

Small	Medium	large
CD	manicure	massage (30 mins)
haircut	pedicure	hair coloring
eyebrow waxing	one new article of clothing	new outfit (clothes, accessories, shoes)
magazine subscription	facial	digital scrapbooking book
DVD	flowers/plants	teeth whitening
fitness equipment	date night with josh	night at a hotel
book	kitchen appliance
bubble bath	lingerie
night of bingo
kitchen gadget
candles

Almost there!

I have almost reached my first milestone. I wanted to be under 200 lbs by my honeymoon. I am at 201 and I have 1 and a 1/2 weeks to go until my honeymoon. Yeah!! This week, I am planning on drinking my water, and not eating out. So far I haven't done very good about not eating out, but I have gotten my water in this week. Ok so the week started 2 days ago, but that is good for me so far. More news later.